AARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRA, MARK HARVEY MUSIC DIRECTOR
2012-2013 40th SEASON PREVIEW
Internationally acclaimed large jazz ensemble launches 5th decadeInformation on all events: 1-888-887-7169
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: 40th Season Opener and CD Release Party
With Vocalists Jerry Edwards and Grace Hughes
Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at 8:00 pm
Scullers Jazz Club
Doubletree Guest Suites, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA
Admission: $20
Reservations and information: 617-562-4111 or www.scullersjazz.com
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra kicks off its historic 40th season on October 3rd at Boston's premiere jazz venue with an exhilarating show spanning the Aardvark spectrum, from originals by director Mark Harvey to music from the Basie, Ellington, and Woody Herman bands. The show will celebrate the release of Aardvark's 11th CD, Evocations, on Leo Records (UK), one of the world's leading adventurous music labels. Selections from the new disc ("spirited composition and inspired playing" - Jazz Alchemist, Poland) will include Mark Harvey's Rascals and Scoundrels. Aardvark vocalists Jerry Edwards and Grace Hughes will be spotlighted in Basie's Every Day I Have the Blues and Ellington's Tell Me It's the Truth. Also on tap: Harvey's Cantata Tubulidentata (The Song of the Aardvarks, honoring the band's 40-year mark) and the lush Early Autumn by Newton native Ralph Burns, a late-1940s hit for Woody Herman.AARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRA